Top-rest for carriages.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907. w. R. ROOTB. TOP REST FOR GARRIAGES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I'I, 1907.

(ma 7W WILLIAM ROLAND ROOTE, OF GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

TOP-REST FOR CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed .Tuly 1'7, 1907. Serial No. 384.226.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. RooTE, citizen of Canada, residing at Guelph, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Top-Rests for Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to top rests for buggies and other carriages; and it consists in the inexpensive, easily applied, light and neatly appearing top rest hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification: Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating my novel top rest as properly arranged relative to the rail, top and top looking member of a carriage. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the top rest, removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the said rest.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which:

A is a rail of a carriage, having a lateral projection a, of rectangular form in crosssection, which is preferably tapered toward its outer end and is reduced and threaded at such end to receive a top locking member B and a nut C.

D is so much of the bow of a carriage top as is necessary to illustrate the relative arrangement and utility of my novel top rest, and E is the said top rest as a Whole. This rest E is made up of a sleeve-like body 0 which is of rectangular form in cross-section,and is preferably, though not necessarily, tapered toward its outer end to conform to the tapered projection a, and a cushion d, of rubber or analogous material, held in and carried by the sleeve-like body 0. In this connection I desire to state thatwhen the lateral projection a of the rail A is of even size throughout its length, the sleeve-like body a of my novel top rest may be made of even transverse size throughout its length without involving departure from the sco e of my invention as claimed. The sleevelke body 0 of the rest E is formed of a single piece of thin and resilient sheet-metal and is of channel form in crosssection i. 6., has a bottom wall 0 and side wallsf, and it is provided on the upper edges of its side walls with inwardly directed flanges g for a pur ose which will presently appear. The cus 'on d of the rest E is increased in width at its base to form side flanges h, and is arranged relative to the sleeve-like body 0 in the manner best shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

In assembling the parts of my novel rest the side walls f of the sleeve-like body are sprung slightly outward and are thereby placed under tension, and the cushion d is slid endwise into engagement with the sleevelike body so that its side flanges h rest under the flanges g of the body. The side walls f of the body are then released, when, as will be readily apparent, they will spring inward and in that way will force and hold the flanges 9 into engagement with the cushion d at points immediately above the cushion flanges h. From this it follows that the sleeve-like body 0 of my novel rest is adapted to positively hold the cushion (1 without the assistance of extraneous means, and consequently the rest as a whole is at once strong and durable and compact and sightly in appearance, especially when the exterior of the sleeve-like body is ja anned, nickel-plated or otherwise embellis ed. It also follows that when removed from the lateral projections at of a carriage, my novel rest E is adapted to be conveniently handled with the same facility as an article formed of a single piece of material.

My novel rest is applied as shown in Fig. 1that is to say, the sleeve-like body a is slipped on the lateral projection a of the rail A so that the base of the cushion d is crowded against the upper side of the rojection a, this in order to make the cushion serve the purpose of effectually preventing rattling or shaking of the rest on the said projection a. The to locking member B and the nut C are then p aced in position in the order named, when, as will be readily apparent, the rest E will be securely retained on the lateral projection a. The cushion d of the rest is of course arranged at the upper side thereof, and hence will be opposed to and will support the bow D of the top B when the top is lowered with the result that-the said bow will not be marred or otherwise injured.

While the body 0 of my novel rest E is of general rectangular form in cross-section, it will be observed by reference to Fig. 3 that the side walls f of said body are slightly inclined outward from the bottom wall 6 thereof. From this it follows that the said side walls are under tension and have a tendency to spring inward, and consequently the inwardly directed flanges g are enabled to firmly grip and securely hold the cushion d.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s:

The combination of a carriage rail having a lateral projection of rectangular form in cross-section, a top-locking member and a retaining device secured on the outer portion of the said lateral projection, a top bow, and a rest for the said bow interposed between the top-locking member and the carriage rail; the said rest comprising a sleeve-like body, of general rectangular form in crosssection, receiving the lateral projection of the rail and formed of a single piece of thin and resilient sheet metal and having a bottom Wall 6 and side walls f inclined slightly outward from said bottom wall, whereby they are put under tension and have a tendency to spring inward, and also having inwardly directed flanges g on the upper portions of the side walls f, and a cushion having base flanges arranged under the flanges of the body and between the latter flanges and the lateral projection of the carriage rail, and also having a portion extending upward between the flanges g and above the sleevelike body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM ROLAND ROOTE.

Witnesses:

W. J. PARKER, C. CHASE. 

